The Industrail Employment (Standing Order) Act 1946 is applicable in every industrial establishment wherein 100 (50 in few states) or more workmen are employed or were employed on any day of the preceding twelve months.
The word industrial establishment has also been defined in the act as :
“industrial establishment” means
(i) an industrial establishment as defined in clause (ii) of Section 2 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, or
[1][(ii) a factory as defined in clause (m) of Section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948, or ]
iv) the establishment of a person who, for the purpose of fulfilling a contract with the owner of any industrial establishment, employs workmen;
regards,
Kamal Prasoon